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Recent Content by S.A.C. Martin

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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    Not in LNER matters, apparently (eg: Great Northern).
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 7, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    No, it was definitely financial by the time we get to the end of steam. For sure, engineering and running departments had more of a say during...
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 7, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    Scrapping dates are not relevant to the question of a locomotives ability to do a job or perceived performance values. Particularly as scrapping...
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 6, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    I don’t know myself. I have models of both and examining them together I can see the 8F origins as a basis. It’s very obviously not an identical...
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 5, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    I don’t know, I am weary (as I am sure all of you are) with how threads get derailed every time I appear. TBH, Nat Pres has done well out of my...
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 5, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    The usual suspects have now all turned up, of course, adding nothing to the topic at hand, but all passing comment on me. Funny that....
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 5, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    I put it to you 35B that we - always - played the ball, rather than the man. Sometimes forcefully, for sure, and if you felt upset by anything I...
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 5, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    So to be clear - no, I don’t think you’ve done enough reading. If you think the tone was off - fine - you have my apologies for that. However I...
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 5, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    For which you have my sincere apologies. I do not remember that in question, but if I was sharp, it was not intended. Nevertheless, you have my...
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 5, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    So you are in fact saying some are personal swipes…! Thank you for the confirmation. Please retract this as it simply isn’t true. I have fifteen...
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 5, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    I think Jim’s post sums it up neatly.
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 4, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    Yes, but I am talking about the 8F to O1.
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 4, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    True, but its the side bearing truck itself that was copied. To be clear!
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 4, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    We still use water treatment for Clan Line and recently invested in a water softening plant at our base to aid the boiler, in no small part due...
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 4, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    Hi Tom, you’re right to question it - but they would have had the Stanier 8F drawings to work from. Yes the wheelbase is 14’’ shorter but all the...
    Post by: S.A.C. Martin, Jan 4, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction